Microsoft App-V Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft App-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid UK
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	799	692	656
Rank change year-on-year	-107	-36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V	84	232	338
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.095%	0.24%	0.30%
As % of the System Software category	0.74%	1.86%	2.59%
Number of salaries quoted	70	186	244
Median salary	£45,000	£40,500	£47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-14.73%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£32,000	£32,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£60,000	£66,700
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%

Microsoft App-V is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

System Software Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	11319	12484	13053
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	12.87%	12.68%	11.77%
Number of salaries quoted	9608	10622	10781
Median salary	£44,000	£42,500	£40,750
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.52%	+4.29%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,000	£25,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£65,000	£67,500
UK excluding London median salary	£38,000	£39,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-2.56%	+4.00%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Microsoft App-V as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the System Software category.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V.

Salary trend for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the UK over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-93	78	£45,000	+11.11%	15
London	-56	25	£50,000	+15.68%	5
West Midlands	+11	14	£40,000	+1.72%	2
South East	+10	12	£55,000	+37.50%	5
South West	+10	9	£35,000	-4.10%	1
Essex	+5	9	£45,000	+20.00%
East of England	-2	9	£45,000	+2.85%	2
Colchester	+8	8	£45,000	-10.00%
Wiltshire	-	8	£35,000	-
Berkshire	+31	7	£60,000	+11.62%
East Midlands	+19	6	£35,000	-12.50%
Salisbury	-	6	£35,000	-
City of London	+15	5	£43,860	-18.01%
Scotland	+14	5	£65,000	+60.49%
Derbyshire	+12	5	£35,000	-12.50%
Birmingham	+3	5	£37,500	-4.63%	1
Edinburgh	-5	5	£65,000	+109.67%
Derby	-	5	£35,000	-
Shropshire	+8	3	£52,500	-17.07%
Telford	+1	3	£52,500	-17.07%
West Bromwich	-	3	£40,000	-
Surrey	+22	2	-	-
Woking	+14	2	-	-
Buckinghamshire	+3	2	£37,500	-37.50%	1
Milton Keynes	0	2	£37,500	-37.50%	1
Reading	+26	1	£57,500	+43.75%
West Yorkshire	+8	1	-	-
Gloucester	+1	1	£52,500	+61.53%
Brentwood	0	1	-	-
Gloucestershire	-2	1	£52,500	+61.53%

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Microsoft App-V.

1	211 (88.66%)	Windows
2	186 (78.15%)	SCCM
3	164 (68.91%)	Microsoft
4	151 (63.45%)	Active Directory
5	116 (48.74%)	Citrix
6	106 (44.54%)	MSI
7	100 (42.02%)	Windows 10
8	99 (41.60%)	Application Packaging
8	99 (41.60%)	VMware
9	94 (39.50%)	Windows 7
10	93 (39.08%)	PowerShell
11	91 (38.24%)	XenApp
12	84 (35.29%)	AppSense
13	83 (34.87%)	ITIL
14	75 (31.51%)	Windows Server 2008

14	75 (31.51%)	Windows Server 2012
15	66 (27.73%)	Windows Server
16	58 (24.37%)	DNS
17	57 (23.95%)	VMware Infrastructure
18	52 (21.85%)	DHCP
18	52 (21.85%)	SQL Server
19	43 (18.07%)	XenDesktop
20	38 (15.97%)	Microsoft Azure
21	37 (15.55%)	MS Exchange
22	36 (15.13%)	Configuration Management
22	36 (15.13%)	Personalization
23	34 (14.29%)	Finance
24	33 (13.87%)	HP
25	31 (13.03%)	Microsoft Office
25	31 (13.03%)	Law

Microsoft App-V
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	37 (15.55%)	MS Exchange
2	22 (9.24%)	IIS
3	21 (8.82%)	SharePoint
4	15 (6.30%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	14 (5.88%)	Skype for Business
6	11 (4.62%)	Confluence
7	8 (3.36%)	Exchange Server 2007
8	7 (2.94%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
9	6 (2.52%)	CMS
10	5 (2.10%)	OpenStack
11	4 (1.68%)	Exchange Server 2003
12	3 (1.26%)	Exchange Server 2013
13	2 (0.84%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	31 (13.03%)	Microsoft Office
2	3 (1.26%)	Microsoft Excel
3	1 (0.42%)	Microsoft Project
3	1 (0.42%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	4 (1.68%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	1 (0.42%)	Bloomberg TOMS

Cloud Services
1	38 (15.97%)	Microsoft Azure
2	26 (10.92%)	Office 365
3	11 (4.62%)	Azure Active Directory
3	11 (4.62%)	G Suite
4	9 (3.78%)	Amazon AWS
5	5 (2.10%)	OneDrive
6	3 (1.26%)	IaaS
7	1 (0.42%)	Cloud Computing
7	1 (0.42%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	58 (24.37%)	DNS
2	52 (21.85%)	DHCP
3	28 (11.76%)	TCP/IP
4	23 (9.66%)	NetScaler
5	15 (6.30%)	SAN
6	14 (5.88%)	WAN
7	10 (4.20%)	LAN
8	9 (3.78%)	iSCSI
8	9 (3.78%)	MPLS
9	7 (2.94%)	Network Security
9	7 (2.94%)	WebEx
10	6 (2.52%)	Internet
10	6 (2.52%)	Remote Desktop
10	6 (2.52%)	Skype
11	5 (2.10%)	NAS
12	4 (1.68%)	BGP
12	4 (1.68%)	Firewall
12	4 (1.68%)	VPLS
12	4 (1.68%)	Wireshark
13	1 (0.42%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	52 (21.85%)	SQL Server
2	7 (2.94%)	SQL Server 2005
2	7 (2.94%)	SQL Server 2014
3	5 (2.10%)	MySQL
3	5 (2.10%)	PostgreSQL
3	5 (2.10%)	RDBMS
3	5 (2.10%)	Relational Database
3	5 (2.10%)	SQL Server 2012
4	4 (1.68%)	SQL Server 2008
5	1 (0.42%)	DB2
5	1 (0.42%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
5	1 (0.42%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
5	1 (0.42%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	1 (0.42%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	106 (44.54%)	MSI
2	24 (10.08%)	InstallShield
3	7 (2.94%)	JIRA
4	5 (2.10%)	AdminStudio
5	2 (0.84%)	TestDirector

General
1	34 (14.29%)	Finance
2	31 (13.03%)	Law
3	25 (10.50%)	Legal
4	9 (3.78%)	Telecoms
5	5 (2.10%)	Banking
6	4 (1.68%)	Advertising
6	4 (1.68%)	Electronics
6	4 (1.68%)	Manufacturing
6	4 (1.68%)	Marketing
7	3 (1.26%)	Retail
8	2 (0.84%)	Automotive
9	1 (0.42%)	Games
9	1 (0.42%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	75 (31.51%)	Analyst
2	45 (18.91%)	Infrastructure Analyst
3	42 (17.65%)	Desktop Support
4	35 (14.71%)	Applications Packager
4	35 (14.71%)	Infrastructure Engineer
5	25 (10.50%)	Desktop Analyst
6	20 (8.40%)	Support Analyst
7	17 (7.14%)	Support Engineer
8	16 (6.72%)	Citrix Engineer
8	16 (6.72%)	VMware Engineer
9	15 (6.30%)	SCCM Engineer
10	13 (5.46%)	Applications Support
10	13 (5.46%)	Consultant
10	13 (5.46%)	Desktop Engineer
11	12 (5.04%)	Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12	11 (4.62%)	Cloud Engineer
13	10 (4.20%)	3rd Line Support
13	10 (4.20%)	Applications Engineer
14	9 (3.78%)	Technical Analyst
14	9 (3.78%)	Technical Support

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	24 (10.08%)	Software Packaging
2	7 (2.94%)	XMPP
3	6 (2.52%)	.NET
3	6 (2.52%)	HTML
4	5 (2.10%)	ASP.NET
4	5 (2.10%)	ASP.NET MVC
4	5 (2.10%)	ASP.NET Web API
5	1 (0.42%)	COM
5	1 (0.42%)	CSS
5	1 (0.42%)	JSON
5	1 (0.42%)	Web Services
5	1 (0.42%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	22 (9.24%)	Fat Client
1	22 (9.24%)	Thin Client
2	17 (7.14%)	Data Centre
3	16 (6.72%)	Clustering
4	14 (5.88%)	User Experience
5	11 (4.62%)	BYOD
6	10 (4.20%)	iPad
7	8 (3.36%)	Robotics
8	7 (2.94%)	Analytical Skills
8	7 (2.94%)	Blackberry
9	6 (2.52%)	Replication
10	5 (2.10%)	CESG
10	5 (2.10%)	Management Information System
11	4 (1.68%)	Client/Server
11	4 (1.68%)	Hedge funds
12	3 (1.26%)	EPoS
12	3 (1.26%)	VxBlock/Vblock
13	2 (0.84%)	Virtual Team
14	1 (0.42%)	Public Cloud
14	1 (0.42%)	Wiki

Operating Systems
1	211 (88.66%)	Windows
2	100 (42.02%)	Windows 10
3	94 (39.50%)	Windows 7
4	75 (31.51%)	Windows Server 2008
4	75 (31.51%)	Windows Server 2012
5	66 (27.73%)	Windows Server
6	24 (10.08%)	Linux
7	13 (5.46%)	Mac OS X
8	12 (5.04%)	Apple iOS
8	12 (5.04%)	Windows Server 2003
9	7 (2.94%)	Ubuntu
9	7 (2.94%)	Windows Vista
10	6 (2.52%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	4 (1.68%)	Windows 8
11	4 (1.68%)	Windows XP
12	2 (0.84%)	Android
12	2 (0.84%)	CentOS
12	2 (0.84%)	Mac OS
12	2 (0.84%)	Windows 2000 Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	99 (41.60%)	Application Packaging
2	83 (34.87%)	ITIL
3	36 (15.13%)	Configuration Management
3	36 (15.13%)	Personalization
4	24 (10.08%)	Migration
5	21 (8.82%)	Service Management
6	20 (8.40%)	Functional Testing
6	20 (8.40%)	Mentoring
6	20 (8.40%)	Server Building
7	19 (7.98%)	Application Virtualisation
8	18 (7.56%)	Service Delivery
9	17 (7.14%)	Compatibility Testing
10	15 (6.30%)	Continuous Improvement
11	13 (5.46%)	Asset Management
11	13 (5.46%)	Root Cause Analysis
12	12 (5.04%)	Continuous Improvement Process
12	12 (5.04%)	IT Strategy
12	12 (5.04%)	Problem Management
12	12 (5.04%)	User Acceptance Testing
13	11 (4.62%)	Security Patching

Programming Languages
1	93 (39.08%)	PowerShell
2	24 (10.08%)	SQL
3	23 (9.66%)	VBScript
4	7 (2.94%)	VBA
5	6 (2.52%)	C#
5	6 (2.52%)	JavaScript
5	6 (2.52%)	VB
6	2 (0.84%)	Bash Shell
6	2 (0.84%)	Java
7	1 (0.42%)	T-SQL
7	1 (0.42%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	27 (11.34%)	Microsoft Certification
2	26 (10.92%)	Security Cleared
3	16 (6.72%)	MCSE
4	14 (5.88%)	SC Cleared
5	12 (5.04%)	Citrix Certification
6	11 (4.62%)	CCA
7	9 (3.78%)	MCP
8	7 (2.94%)	DV Cleared
9	6 (2.52%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10	5 (2.10%)	MCSA
11	4 (1.68%)	BC Cleared
11	4 (1.68%)	GNVQ
11	4 (1.68%)	VCP4
11	4 (1.68%)	VCP5
12	1 (0.42%)	CCNA
12	1 (0.42%)	Cisco Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	21 (8.82%)	QA
2	11 (4.62%)	SLA
3	1 (0.42%)	DICOM
3	1 (0.42%)	HL7

System Software
1	151 (63.45%)	Active Directory
2	91 (38.24%)	XenApp
3	57 (23.95%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	43 (18.07%)	XenDesktop
5	30 (12.61%)	Hyper-V
6	23 (9.66%)	vSphere
7	21 (8.82%)	VMware ESXi
8	12 (5.04%)	XenServer
9	10 (4.20%)	Virtual Desktop
9	10 (4.20%)	Virtual Machines
10	7 (2.94%)	Terminal Services
10	7 (2.94%)	Xen
11	6 (2.52%)	VMware Server
12	5 (2.10%)	BitLocker
12	5 (2.10%)	vCloud
13	4 (1.68%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
13	4 (1.68%)	Virtual Servers
14	3 (1.26%)	Terminal Server
15	1 (0.42%)	DFS Replication
15	1 (0.42%)	NDS

Systems Management
1	186 (78.15%)	SCCM
2	27 (11.34%)	SCOM
3	17 (7.14%)	ThinApp
4	13 (5.46%)	Microsoft Intune
5	12 (5.04%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
6	11 (4.62%)	SCOrch
7	9 (3.78%)	XenMobile
8	7 (2.94%)	Ansible
8	7 (2.94%)	Opscode Chef
8	7 (2.94%)	Puppet
8	7 (2.94%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
9	6 (2.52%)	AirWatch
9	6 (2.52%)	EdgeSight
9	6 (2.52%)	Nagios
9	6 (2.52%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
10	5 (2.10%)	BladeLogic
10	5 (2.10%)	Norton AntiVirus
10	5 (2.10%)	WSUS
11	4 (1.68%)	SCVMM
12	3 (1.26%)	SCDPM

Vendors
1	164 (68.91%)	Microsoft
2	116 (48.74%)	Citrix
3	99 (41.60%)	VMware
4	84 (35.29%)	AppSense
5	33 (13.87%)	HP
6	30 (12.61%)	Cisco
7	18 (7.56%)	Symantec
8	17 (7.14%)	iManage
9	16 (6.72%)	IBM
10	14 (5.88%)	Apple
11	13 (5.46%)	Dell
12	12 (5.04%)	Google
12	12 (5.04%)	Lumension
13	10 (4.20%)	Sophos
14	9 (3.78%)	NetApp
15	8 (3.36%)	Blue Prism
15	8 (3.36%)	LANDesk
15	8 (3.36%)	Oracle
16	7 (2.94%)	McAfee
16	7 (2.94%)	Varonis